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When the Fire Came Down

Author: Rev. Johnson Oatman, Jr. Appears in 5 hymnals First Line: Elijah once stood praying Refrain First Line: It fell upon the altar Used With Tune: [Elijah once stood praying]

ZHENGZHOU

Meter: 7.7.7.6 D Appears in 4 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Adam Geibel Tune Key: G Major or modal Incipit: 51111 11233 33333 Used With Text: When The Fire Came Down

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Author: Rev. Johnson Oatman, Jr. Hymnal: Light in the Valley #183 (1898) First Line: Elijah once stood praying Refrain First Line: It fell upon the altar Lyrics: 1 Elijah once stood praying, Elijah once stood praying; That God would send an answer, When the fire came down. Chorus: It fell upon the altar, It fell upon the altar; Consuming ev'ry portion, When the fire came down. 2 Great fear fell on the people, Great fear fell on the people; They gave to God the glory, When the fire came down. [Chorus] 3 I took my sins to Jesus, I took my sins to Jesus; I laid them on the altar, When the fire came down. [Chorus] 4 For fuller consecration, For fuller consecration; Once more I sought the altar, When the fire came down. [Chorus] 5 Great glory fill'd the temple, Great glory fill'd the temple; I caught a sight of heaven, When the fire came down. [Chorus] Topics: Revival Languages: English Tune Title: [Elijah once stood praying]

When The Fire Came Down

Author: Johnson Oatman, Jr. Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #12650 Meter: 7.7.7.6 D First Line: Elijah once stood praying Refrain First Line: It fell upon the altar Lyrics: 1 Elijah once stood praying, Elijah once stood praying; That God would send an answer, When the fire came down. Refrain: It fell upon the altar, It fell upon the altar; Consuming every portion, When the fire came down. 2 Great fear fell on the people, Great fear fell on the people; They gave to God the glory, When the fire came down. [Refrain] 3 I took my sins to Jesus, I took my sins to Jesus; I laid them on the altar, When the fire came down. [Refrain] 4 For fuller consecration, For fuller consecration; Once more I sought the altar, When the fire came down. [Refrain] 5 Great glory filled the temple, Great glory filled the temple; I caught a sight of Heaven, When the fire came down. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: ZHENGZHOU

When the fire came down

Author: Rev. Johnson Oatman, Jr. Hymnal: On Wings of Song #99 (1896) First Line: Elijah once stood praying Refrain First Line: It fell upon the altar Languages: English Tune Title: [Elijah once stood praying]

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Johnson Oatman, Jr.

1856 - 1922 Person Name: Rev. Johnson Oatman, Jr. Author of "When the Fire Came Down" in Light in the Valley Johnson Oatman, Jr., son of Johnson and Rachel Ann Oatman, was born near Medford, N. J., April 21, 1856. His father was an excellent singer, and it always delighted the son to sit by his side and hear him sing the songs of the church. Outside of the usual time spent in the public schools, Mr. Oatman received his education at Herbert's Academy, Princetown, N. J., and the New Jersey Collegiate Institute, Bordentown, N. J. At the age of nineteen he joined the M.E. Church, and a few years later he was granted a license to preach the Gospel, and still later he was regularly ordained by Bishop Merrill. However, Mr. Oatman only serves as a local preacher. For many years he was engaged with his father in the mercantile business at Lumberton, N. J., under the firm name of Johnson Oatman & Son. Since the death of his father, he has for the past fifteen years been in the life insurance business, having charge of the business of one of the great companies in Mt. Holly, N. J., where he resides. He has written over three thousand hymns, and no gospel song book is considered as being complete unless it contains some of his hymns. In 1878 he married Wilhelmina Reid, of Lumberton, N.J. and had three children, Rachel, Miriam, and Percy. Excerpted from Biography of Gospel Song and Hymn Writers by Jacob Henry Hall; Fleming H. Revell, Co. 1914

Adam Geibel

1855 - 1933 Composer of "[Elijah once stood praying]" in Light in the Valley Born: September 15, 1855, Neuenheim, Germany. Died: August 3, 1933, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Though blinded by an eye infection at age eight, Geibel was a successful composer, conductor, and organist. Emigrating from Germany probably around 1864, he studied at the Philadelphia Institute for the Blind, and wrote a number of Gospel songs, anthems, cantatas, etc. He founded the Adam Geibel Music Company, later evolved into the Hall-Mack Company, and later merged to become the Rodeheaver Hall-Mack Company. He was well known for secular songs like "Kentucky Babe" and "Sleep, Sleep, Sleep." In 1885, Geibel organized the J. B. Stetson Mission. He conducted the Stetson Chorus of Philadelphia, and from 1884-1901, was a music instructor at the Pennsylvania Institution for the Instruction of the Blind. His works include: Evening Bells, 1874 Saving Grace, with Alonzo Stone (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Stone & Bechter, Publishers, 1898) Consecrated Hymns, (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Geibel & Lehman, 1902) Uplifted Voices, co-editor with R. Frank Lehman (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Geibel & Lehman, 1901) World-Wide Hosannas, with R. Frank Lehman (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Geibel & Lehman, 1904) Hymns of the Kingdom, co-editor with R. Frank Lehman et al. (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Geibel & Lehman, 1905) --www.hymntime.com/tch/